{"id":141238,"date":"2023-09-13T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141238"},"modified":"2023-09-13T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:02:08","slug":"sad-tyson-fury-breaks-silence-on-mike-tyson-training-ex-ufc-champ-francis-ngannou-to-ko-him-in-saudi-showdown-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/sport\/sad-tyson-fury-breaks-silence-on-mike-tyson-training-ex-ufc-champ-francis-ngannou-to-ko-him-in-saudi-showdown-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"'Sad' Tyson Fury breaks silence on Mike Tyson training ex-UFC champ Francis Ngannou to KO him in Saudi showdown | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
TYSON FURY admits he's saddened that Mike Tyson will be Francis Ngannou's corner for their Saudi showdown.<\/p>\n
The Gypsy King faces the former UFC heavyweight champion in a controversial crossover Kingdom clash on October 28.<\/p>\n
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Boxing rookie Ngannou has enlisted the help of former undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson in a bid to shock the world in the ten-round exhibition.<\/p>\n
And Fury, who was named after Iron Mike by his dad John, can't help but feel down about the boxing icon trying to plot his demise.<\/p>\n
The undefeated WBC heavyweight champion told Sky Sports: "I think that it\u2019s sad, actually.<\/p>\n
"The man that I am named after, a legend, has to go against me and then come out as a loser.<\/p>\n
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"Having lost to a man who was named after him.<\/p>\n
"I think that it\u2019s sad and I think that he should be in my corner, not the opposing corner.<\/p>\n
"But business is business and I understand that it\u2019s strictly business.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyson, 57, has been impressed by what he's seen of Cameroonian clubber Ngannou in their brief stint working together.<\/p>\n
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